Pike is a freshwater predator, reaching an impressive size in size. It should be noted that especially large trophy specimens grow only in conditions of good wintering, as well as in places where lovers of "quiet" hunting are not frequent visitors to the reservoir.
Fishing
You can catch pike all year round. Tackles can be very different, but professionals prefer spinning rods. For fishing on pike, you can use a float fishing rod. You can choose a variety of gear, but the main thing is that during the fishing period there is no ban on pike fishing. 2014 was no exception. In the central part of the country, restrictions related to the spawning of this fish were in effect from March 1 to March 31.
Fishing
This tackle is characterized by simplicity, cheapness and maximum efficiency. Fishermen believe that the pike zherlitsa in the summer is not only very comfortable, but also catchy.
A huge plus of choosing this gear is that you can catch a toothy predator on it even in places where even spinning is impossible. Nothing will prevent good fishing, even very low-inclined trees or thickets of aquatic vegetation. In such areas, good fishing is possible only with the help of a lantern.
Tackle can be done with your own hands. To create a flyer-gate, for example, you don’t have to have any special skills at all. You just need to cut the slingshot, leaving two thinner knots up to fifteen centimeters in size and clearing all the bumps.
Then with a knife it is necessary to split the long ends, and on a small cut a small groove to easily install the flyer on a pole. Then you need to fix the nylon cord or fishing line, the length of which is determined based on the estimated depth of the reservoir.
A reserve of fishing line must be left on the ventilator - about six or seven meters. The choice of load depends on the mobility of the bait.
Most often, this tackle is installed near the shore, at the whirlpool or the creek. The flyer should hover over the water, and the bait fish should swim at a distance of up to sixty centimeters from the bottom. As a bait, it is better to use a roach, carp or gudgeon. The six need to be stuck on the shore or on branches or bushes above the surface of the water. Usually, a pike is caught on a zherlitsa in the early morning, although sometimes at the very beginning of summer it can also be caught in the dead of night.
Features of spring fishing
Unlike zhor in the fall, spring is not too short. Fish can be concentrated on a relatively smaller area; moreover, it is not always ready to rush for a quick bait.
Fishing in May for pike has one interesting feature: after spawning, the predator stays mainly in the same place, watching for white fish suitable for laying eggs. The shallow waters, which are also suitable for throwing, are also very convenient for pike ambushes. Therefore, knowing on the shallows of the place where pike were caught during the year, you can be sure: the likelihood that it will go there to spawn after the winter is great.
If the spawning is over, and the water level allowed the predator to go into the thick reeds, then the toothy inhabitant of the reservoir will recover for some time without reacting to the bait.
In this case, only immature individuals remain as prey, which will continue to be caught. Gradually, activity in pikes will increase, and by the very beginning of summer it will reach a steady level.
Lures
In the spring, their choice is very important. There is a certain pattern: the lower the water temperature, the longer and more often there should be pauses when the bait hangs. With warming, the pike reacts more boldly to a noisy and active game. The best bait at this time is spinners. In spring, she works better for the pike than the rest.
Since at this time the predator enters such areas of shallow water that are warmed up best, the lure must be chosen light, one that can be slowly carried out in a shallow place.
Features of spring fishing
After spawning, the pike is weakened and not quite active. She can not chase fast booties. Therefore, the lure must be taken small or medium in size to drive it slowly. A feature of such a bait is its ability to create noise effects that serve as additional stimuli for prey. It is known that fish, including pike, primarily react to noise, and the vibrations that the baubles create affect the predator, leaving it indifferent and attracting even from a considerable distance.
Spinner bates
Those who are going to catch in an overgrown pond, in which there are a lot of snags and a large area is occupied by algae, spoon-bumpers will not work. In such water, fishing is best done on spinnerbait. On the Today this bait is already widely known. She has proven herself in overgrown ponds, preventing hooks by almost ninety percent.
Wobblers
When twitching or during jerking, other lures are considered effective. These are wobblers. On a pike in the spring, it is best to use medium sizes. For example, suspension models that have the ability to freeze in the water column. And it was at this time that the pike began to attack.
A less well-known, but no less effective bait from this is Texas equipment, which consists of a metal leash in the form of a bullet weight and an offset hook. She is also quite resistant to hooks. A worm-shaped twister is put on the offset hook. Texas rigs easily pass through snags without clinging to anything and catching pike perfectly. However, the offset hook in such a bait does not always catch prey well, so experienced anglers will improve it a bit, making it more curved. Thus, the number of empty bites sharply decreases.
And of course, we must not forget about the usual for many jig baits or, as they are also called, silicones, which in the spring are especially relevant and very effective.
If the reservoir, in the thickness of which fishing is supposed to be, is too overgrown and very snagged, so the lures in it often cling, it is better to use a single-hook spinner with antennae. A twister clings to the hook, which should serve as an attractive element. The antennae prevent hooks. This type of bait is not bad for pike, moreover, it gives very good results.
Features
Do not forget that the pike is a predator, so you need to protect the bait from its powerful teeth. For this purpose, it is better to use a metal leash, which this large inhabitant of the reservoirs will be difficult to bite. As for color, it is better to take the brightest wobblers on a pike in the spring, in order to thereby additionally attract the attention of this fish. The eye-catching color is especially relevant for fishing in cloudy weather, since in such conditions it is better visible.
The Best Pike Fishing Tackle - Spinning
During spring fishing, a great role is played by the selection of the rod. As a rule, it turns out to be spinning with a medium formation, which is quite enough, since the pike is inactive this season and not particularly sharp.
The most important quality criterion for a spinning rod for this powerful fish is its strength. The length is selected depending on how the fishing is conducted: from a boat or from the shore. In any case, the places where the pike is found, the angler should come almost close.
Ideal tackle for fishing pike from the shore should have a rod two hundred and seventy centimeters long. Two hundred and ten is enough for fishing from a boat. The spinning test will depend on the bait used by the hunter. Wobblers, for example, do not have large masses, so the test for them can be in the range of five to twenty grams. For jigs or massive hesitations, it is better to choose spinning rods with dough twice as hard. When using wobblers, the build of the rod is medium, fast, and when spinning, it is slow. The essence of this choice is to give the bait a smooth movement or, conversely, more jerky wiring, as in the first case.
Such a pike tackle as spinning prefers the use of conventional reels, without innovations or additional functions. The most important thing is the presence of a friction brake. The rest of the reel should be smooth running and the possibility of winding fishing lines in length from fifty to seventy meters. Shmuli with the size from one and a half to two and a half thousand will be an ideal choice.
Spinning gear
Correct fishing line is also the key to successful survival. This kind of pike tackle “works” best with a braid that is suitable for jigging. Whereas in all other options it is quite possible to get by with monofilament.
The braid practically does not stretch during wiring, which helps to have the most clear picture of where the jig bait is. When fishing for a spinner or lure, this moment is less critical, but it is better to approach the quality of the fishing line carefully enough, not forgetting how the pike can break it. And, of course, no matter how good the spinning tackle for catching pike, there should be a steel leash on it, which is necessary so that the predator does not bite the fishing line.
Pike fishing in summer
Experienced fishermen know that in the heat you can quite often run into biteless. In general, fishing for pike in the summer is not an easy task. In summer, the predator becomes finicky, so hunters have to work hard enough to catch. This is explained by the fact that in the heat the zhor significantly decreases, and her activity begins to increase only in the autumn. However, even at a time of year when there is a risk of returning empty-handed, there are still people who want to hunt pike.
Each experienced fisherman will say that spring fish is very different from summer fish, since immediately after winter it is much easier to predict the behavior of this predator. In this regard, the type of fishing is changing. The choice of gear depends on the behavior of pike. It can be either a spinning rod or a feeder rod with snap fishing. Differ in the summer and used bait. When choosing them, you need to consider not only the depth of the dive and the game used, as well as the type of postings.